NASHVILLE — The father of indicted Vanderbilt football player Chris Boyd is frustrated with the Metro District Attorney's Office over what he claims is irreparable damage to his son's character and integrity.

Meanwhile, a California man arrested in connection with the same Vanderbilt rape case is now fighting extradition to Tennessee.

Steven Boyd said his son, 21 and a starting wide receiver for the Commodores from Roswell, Ga., cooperated during "two or three meetings" with authorities. He said his son was shocked Friday to learn he was being charged as an accessory after the fact in the rape of an unconscious female student June 23 in a campus dorm.

"Whatever they want, they could have gotten without indicting my son," Steven Boyd said this week while in Nashville to meet with Chris Boyd and their attorney, Roger May. "I don't know how he gets his name back. He's 21. I don't know how someone repairs their integrity and character after this. There is nothing bigger."

DA spokeswoman Susan Niland said by email that the office is not able to discuss evidence in the ongoing investigation.

Former Vanderbilt players Brandon Vandenburg, 20, of California; Cory Batey, 19, of Nashville; Brandon Banks, 19, of Maryland; and JaBorian "Tip" McKenzie, 18, of Mississippi, are each charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Vandenburg, who remains in Metro Jail, is also charged with one count of unlawful photography and tampering with evidence.

The indictment against Boyd states he aided Vandenburg in the three days after the alleged incident.

After the indictment Friday, the university suspended Boyd, who had 50 catches, 774 yards and five touchdowns in 2012, from the team, citing the athletics department's conduct policy. His initial court hearing is set for Wednesday morning.

"We're holding him together," Steven Boyd said of his son. "We're waiting to find out what the DA wants or needs to satisfy them. All three of my boys are Eagle Scouts, and they have never been in trouble. It goes without saying that they tell the truth, and he did."

May agreed that Chris Boyd had been cooperative.

"Yeah, it's fair to say that," May said. "Everybody was surprised because there had been no warning or indication of that (indictment). But anytime a case is presented directly to a grand jury, rather than going through the arrest process, you generally don't have any warning."

Indicted along with Boyd last week were Miles Joseph Finley, 19, of Bermuda Dunes, Calif., and Joseph Dominick Quinzio, 20, of Palm Desert, Calif. Both were charged with tampering with evidence.

During a court hearing Monday in Riverside, Calif., Quinzio's attorney, Brett Greenfield, said his client was on the "outskirts of the case" and involved only because he had received a text message from one of the suspects. Greenfield declined to discuss its contents.

"He is just not part of this, and he has not done anything wrong," Greenfield said.

Greenfield said the warrant for his client's arrest was based on outdated information collected by Tennessee law enforcement. Quinzio surrendered Friday to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department and has been cooperating, his attorney said.

"We believe that facts have come to light that completely change the dynamic and understanding of what, if any, involvement Mr. Quinzio had," Greenfield said.

Quinzio is due back in court for a bail hearing Wednesday. Greenfield said he would attempt to get Tennessee authorities to withdraw the extradition request.

Jeff Lockridge and Tony Gonzalez also write for The (Nashville) Tennessean, a Gannett property.